Legislation – Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 2 Paragraph 6:
- Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(b)(ia) inserted by S.I. 2025/1284 Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(c)
- Sch. 8 para. 2(6)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2025/1284 Sch. 3 para. 2(4)(b)
- Sch. 8 para. 5(ba)(bb) inserted by S.I. 2025/1284 Sch. 3 para. 3(b)
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(b)(ia) inserted by S.I. 2025/1284 Sch. 3 para. 2(2)(c)
- Sch. 8 para. 2(6)(aa) inserted by S.I. 2025/1284 Sch. 3 para. 2(4)(b)
- Sch. 8 para. 5(ba)(bb) inserted by S.I. 2025/1284 Sch. 3 para. 3(b)
SCHEDULE 2Enforcement of airspace change directions and connected appeals
PART 1Enforcement of directions
Amount of penalty
6
(1)
The amount of a penalty imposed on a person under paragraph 4 must be the amount that the CAA determines to be—
(a)
appropriate, and
(b)
proportionate to the contravention for which it is imposed.
(2)
The penalty may consist of either or both of the following—
(a)
a fixed amount (see paragraph 7);
(b)
a daily amount (see paragraph 8).
(3)
In determining the amount of a penalty, the CAA must have regard, in particular, to any steps taken by the person on whom the penalty is to be imposed for contravening a requirement of an enforcement order towards—
(a)
complying with, or remedying the consequences of the contravention of, the requirement of the order;
(b)
complying with, or remedying the consequences of the contravention of, the direction requirement specified in the order.